Windows 8.1 already pirated

Neowin reports hackers have already found a way to pirate Microsoft's new Windows 8.1 operating system:

Neowin community member FaiKee tipped us that the a dodgy KMS tool can now activate Windows 8.1 by using a traditional Key Management Service workaround, and it works for all editions of Windows 8.1 too.

This type of hack has long been used to “officially” activate Microsoft products, including Office and previous versions of Windows.

With Windows 8.1 being only a few days old we dare to say that we’ll probably start seeing a lot more “activated” copies of the OS being installed thanks to this hack.